Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-31

are often crowded ono chat tho tcarh-
cr may find time for more advanced
pupils. The same amount of rWe
that T. spent with olderpupls Iud.y.d-
ually. makes but littlc show vItb ua.
mary pupils. They are nat ad,an.
ed enough a. study and learn fuf
themselves. They require a toachera
personal attention, and they amply
repay that attention, for tho average
primary pupil s quick to take im.
pressions.
Ia the graded school there would
be no excuse for neglect W thr school
bc not Too large. With q small school
the pupils may c.tcoften, they may
ash questions for Information with
fair prospect of being answered They
may be under che teachers eye the
greater part of the time and thoy
may be kept busy which is an Impar.
tant point Satan stlll fuds mischief
for idle hands
! believe in a large amount uf euu-
cert work, either f0r the whole scbHol
or for thc classes ] prepare lIat
of questions ou different subjects.
history, geography, physiology ana
hygiene, temperance, important
events, anything Chat they cau com-
prchend, aud when they become frat-
less from long sitting, nsk thcm o.
rise and repeat thc answers after mc.
II rests them to tisc, and thc GONE
-tant repetition GNcs tho facts bmIF
la their memory. ] have "a concert
drill which J have used quite -atisfao-
torily with nay primary arithmetic
classes At tho close of each rcrItH.
tion take cay0n and go tu thc
blackboard. do thc writing. H.
can do 10 -o much more luiokIN tHuu
they. lmakc no marks only as tHuE
direct, and proceed a- foIIuWs What
are dgurc-, What Be- enumeration.
Tell me bow 20 write 32a,s2l, ormy
number I may choose to name. lrII
me how 90 divide q into periods uu.
merate ID read b. What i- addition
What is Che sIgns How is 30 u.el
Tell me how 90 write numbers toadd
Numerate and read tbe numbers
write. Tell me how t1 odd them
Add each column Tell mc bow tu
write the result Take each prurpsa
ia ORDER no matter if they haye n0t
learned Che lessons In the book thHH
far. ] have "a very small opinion of
the primary arithmetic iu general usr
ID this county, until tho pupil lns bad
some previous training. a. IH Goo
hard for beginners. teach primary
arithmetic pretty much without %
book A bright class will learn tU
give definitions, signs aud terms. wII
numeute and read large numbers
give pretty good rules for addition,
subtraction, multiplication and d.fla-
ion, did amy one ever have amy
trouble iu getting pupils 90 learn rules
from the book ID aud handle quite
large numbers in each process as
rapidly as can ask che questions
and make the dgures. make mIs.
takes sometimes. d. pIoascs them
much DO correct nae. Such au cNer.
else would not iniure q mofo ndNaun.
"a class, but ] have never found our
Co take hold of ita- rcadHvas Doe d.
Ole ones.
Ia regard 30 our Temperance Work i
know bat little about tle b1ata. uut
having been iu school since lheN cmo
into use. have heard teachers pr8.
nounce il dull Now, lt seems t1 mr
that tho subject Is of grent Importance
and full of interest, and II properly
handled, will Doe eagerly taken hold
Of by tho pupils. The worsl trouble
will BE- with the parents Some of
them seem 90 think it is Time wasteJ
We cannot expect children WhY lr.
taught nothing of tho Mind at home,
to take "a very sharp interest .u t4.
book alone, They must De- uIHoi
with, and illustrations mnH bo given
that will interest them. aud arouse
their -ympathies, aud secure hr.r aI.
tention, then, if we ure Interested
ourselves, aud have tbo apYd Uf tID
temperance cause at heart eD eu
not fail to do % good work lhr fu.
ture of the uatiou depends upon tlr
kind u men our boys, uow at school,
grow mp 90 be. Temptation surrounds
them. aud thc demon ~ intrmpemurH
lurlzs ut every corner Oftrntmc.
the teacher voice is tIe onlv warn.
ing voice that children reared Iu Iu-
temperate homes will hear until per-
haps they have contracted hah.tH taat
they eau not break III Have ue nat
responsible work tl d0t
Lct us make our aebD1.-uHm#.
where tle little ones learn ther fHi
lessons ~ life and tbe world as urI
ne ~ boolls. na much like ar'..1f
dered home as possible. suupalH1r
with their small grievance settle uI.I
impartial Justice disputes aad quote
rels. ehIde the erfag. pruIss ae.I.da.
ing. be- Interested lu their apoHa.
They are ueduloua. and haze greet
faith HI "teacber The less0H. 'eafH.
ed now may sink deeper .ut1 iHrf
minds than any learned IB affsr fsaIH.
Cur primary work ls the pheasant
est ~ all school work. Mehbf tHFm
fresh and pure and sueet aai .an